Bank Street School For Children vs. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
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Top Rankings
Bank Street School For Children ranks among the top 20% of private schools in New York for:
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Advanced Degrees
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in New York for:
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Overview
The Bank Street School for Children is a Preschool through Grade 8 co-educational school situated within Bank Street College of Education and is a working model of the College`s approach to learning and teaching.
We are an example of progressive education at its best.
The curriculum is experience-based, interdisciplinary, and collaborative. In a rich and varied academic program, children make discoveries from their own observations, explorations, and experiences and use them to construct understanding.
The emphasis is on the whole child: the emotional, social, physical, and intellectual being.
Founded in 1764, Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School is a coed, nonsectarian institution educating students in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade. Detailed school overiew, below:.
Grades Offered
NS-8
PK-12
Blue Ribbon School
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No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
No
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Year Founded
1956
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Students Body
Total Students
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1156 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
50%
23%
Students by Grade
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Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
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24
Kindergarten Students
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64
Grade 1 Students
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58
Grade 2 Students
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62
Grade 3 Students
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68
Grade 4 Students
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63
Grade 5 Students
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80
Grade 6 Students
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85
Grade 7 Students
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87
Grade 8 Students
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80
Grade 9 Students
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124
Grade 10 Students
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117
Grade 11 Students
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126
Grade 12 Students
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118
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
91 teachers
196 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
99%
82%
Average Class Size
18
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Number of AP Classes
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18
Teacher : Student Ratio
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1:6
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
Dec. 1 / rolling
Dec. 15
Tuition Cost
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$38,890
% on Financial Aid
30%
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Admissions Director
Jessica Anzelone
Ms. Elaine Perlman
Sports
Total Sports Offered
5
13
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
2
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Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
After School Athletics, Chorus and Instrumental Music
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